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Chile will apply antiterrorism law to Monday's bombing of metro station
Monday's bombing at a Santiago metro station that left at least ten people wounded was a terrorist attack, the Chilean government said. This is the last and most serious of a string of bombs that have been found across Santiago most planted at night. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“...demanding freedom for two anarchists imprisoned in Spain.”
Sep 09th, 2014 - 10:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0By bombing Chile?
Sad and misguided. I hope the perpetrators are quickly caught and imprisoned.
Sep 09th, 2014 - 12:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The two anarchists imprisoned in Spain are from Chile..two crack ports..facing a life sentence.........
Sep 09th, 2014 - 01:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Bombing subway stations is always carried out by misguided fools, where-ever in the world. Chile, UK, China. Always misguided fanatics.
Sep 09th, 2014 - 01:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0For years, a number of explosive devices have been planted close to banks and police stations in Chile and the reaction of the old Bachelet, Piñera, new Bachelet governments has been tepid at best. One terrorist died and another was injured trying to set the off explosives, but no bystanders were injured. As the article mentions, we've had 28 incidents this year which has been linked for the release of two Chilean terrorists imprisoned in Spain. Finally Gordi is now saying she'll punish the guilty to the full extent of the law.
Sep 09th, 2014 - 04:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0My daughter uses the Escuela Militar metro station twice a day, Monday through Friday which even bothers me greatly, but what really angers the majority of Chileans is the inept previous half hearted investigations into hunting this nest of vipers that threaten innocent people. The anti-terrorism law was made to be used against terrorist like these b*stards who deserve to be locked away forever in some desolate hell hole. (And yes, I'd prefer to see them shot, but you European socialist types forced us to give up capital punishment.)
@5 thanks for that interesting post.
Sep 09th, 2014 - 04:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Why have those administrations failed to deal with it?
Apathy? Inability? Lack of resources? I am struggling here. .. I know it is not easy but it sounds like they just haven't bothered. Is it that they don't want to be seen as draconian?
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Sep 09th, 2014 - 04:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You seem to have really poor intelligence services in Chile or they simply consider the terrorist to be to amateur to be a threat to anyone.
There's only one way to deal with terrorists ; kill the buggers !! Isn't that what they are doing to innocent bystanders ?? No point in imprisoning them , which only leads to more terrorism in the attempt to force their release.
Sep 09th, 2014 - 05:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@5 Why is there so much terrorism in Chile? We have a lot of Communists and some anarchists here in Argentina but they don't go that far. Most make protests through the trade unions and a few burned a few expensive cars parked on the street, but they don't bomb people.
Sep 09th, 2014 - 07:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@7 CD
Sep 09th, 2014 - 11:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“You seem to have really poor intelligence services in Chile or they simply consider the terrorist to be to amateur to be a threat to anyone.”
By default it is hard to gauge the effectiveness of intelligence services. No one has been killed by terrorists in Chile in the last 25 years (that comes to mind). So perhaps they are as effective as they have needed to be.
This particular sequence of events has been ramping up and this is the first time anyone has been injured. I think we will see quick resolution ... cometh the hour, cometh the man.
@9 MM
What we have here is terrorism-lite. They are not using explosive with a high VOD. They are using fire extinguishers primed with a detonating charge. Intention to make a lot of noise. They may have overstepped their own mark on this occasion. None the less IMO we have been too lax in applying anti-terrorist laws to people involved in such activities. From now on that will be different.
The PDI (Policia de Investigaciones) in Chile does a very professional job, but unlike civilized countries the cops in Chile can't charge a criminal. The legal system sucks and it's biased, crooks get away with little or no punishment. There's this one bomber who was caught as he placed the bomb and all he got was home detention. In the US he would have got 30 years.
Sep 10th, 2014 - 10:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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